Cyber Analyst Interview Questions

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1. What is the difference between encoding and encryption? 2. Give some examples of encoding algorithms. 3. What can sometimes be paired with base 64 encoding to further obfuscate data 4. What happens when you type google in the URL and hit enter 5. What is port 389 and 80 6. How would you investigate a file without sandbox (hint answer talk about using VT, ) 7. Describe where you can find persistence in a Linux, mac and windows environment without mentioning run keys or startup folder 8. What is the difference between .exe and dll 9. What is a PE within a file 10. What can be found within an .exe file that can tell you what it's supposed to do? 11. How can you identify or investigate lateral movement 12. What is HTTP GET, POST, PUT requests 13. What is status codes 200, 400 and 500 14. Where would you find prefetch in an investigation? What is SQL injection and how can it be mitigated?
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Cyber Security Analyst

Interviewed at BlueVoyant

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Dec 11, 2024

1. What is the difference between encoding and encryption? 2. Give some examples of encoding algorithms. 3. What can sometimes be paired with base 64 encoding to further obfuscate data 4. What happens when you type google in the URL and hit enter 5. What is port 389 and 80 6. How would you investigate a file without sandbox (hint answer talk about using VT, ) 7. Describe where you can find persistence in a Linux, mac and windows environment without mentioning run keys or startup folder 8. What is the difference between .exe and dll 9. What is a PE within a file 10. What can be found within an .exe file that can tell you what it's supposed to do? 11. How can you identify or investigate lateral movement 12. What is HTTP GET, POST, PUT requests 13. What is status codes 200, 400 and 500 14. Where would you find prefetch in an investigation? What is SQL injection and how can it be mitigated?

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